Product discovery & research · Core
Research plan
Also called: UX research plan
ELI5
A plan for how customer research will be done.
Used in conversation
“The research plan includes recruitment and consent.”
Definition
A document defining research questions, participants, methods, ethics, timing and analysis.
Here “Research plan” means: A document defining research questions, participants, methods, ethics, timing and analysis.
Pitch context
You will see “Research plan” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches product discovery & research.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret product discovery & research without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 2
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Scrum Guides — The Scrum Guide — official current versionSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Computer Security Resource Center GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16